Revision: March 8, 2022, 10:05 a.m.
Rep. Cushman, Hills. 2
Rep. Kelsey, Hills. 7
Rep. Woods, Merr. 23
Rep. Merchant, Sull. 4
March 2, 2022
2022-0919h
07/10
Amendment to HB 1606
Amend the bill by replacing all after the enacting clause with the following:
1 New Paragraph; Communicable Disease; Immunization Registry; Opportunity to Opt-In to the Registry. Amend RSA 141-C:20-f by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
II-a.(a) Each patient, or the patient's parent or guardian if the patient is a minor, shall be given the opportunity to opt-out or opt-in to the immunization registry for each administered vaccine. Only actually administered vaccines shall be recorded in the vaccine registry. Refusals or discussions of vaccines shall not be submitted to the registry. A patient, or the patient's parent or guardian if the patient is a minor, may receive a printout of all vaccines in the registry, upon request, from any vaccine provider authorized to use the registry.
(b) No patient's personal data, such as name, address, date of birth, immunization, or vaccination information, shall be entered into the registry without an explicit vaccine consent form, signed by the patient, or the patient's parent or guardian if the patient is a minor, to participate in the vaccine registry.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 120 days after its passage.